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Today, Occupy L.A. will form a picket line at the Port of Long Beach. It’s a decision influenced by the Occupy Oakland movement which managed to shut down the Port of Oakland in November. The day of action is not supported by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, though there are similar plans to shut down ports up and down the West Coast, including in Oakland…

The Occupy movement is taking on an additional form in Oakland with “Occupy Our Homes.” Activists last Tuesday were determined to “reclaim” and “liberate” foreclosures on a national day of action…

Over the weekend in San Francisco, police cleared the last Occupy encampment, arresting 55 people for illegal lodging. This is in contrast to Berkeley, where the movement continues to thrive. The camp in Civic Center Park is now the largest Occupy protest in the Bay Area…

Ustream, created by Brad Hunstable, is an online video platform that was created to help troops communicate with friends and families overseas. But now, it’s uses of user-generated live video have widened to the Occupy Wall Street movement. The website currently contains about 120 Occupy related channels, most of which are created and viewed by mobile phones. Now, almost anyone can broadcast live news…

Despite Democrats intentions to tax the wealthy, 16 companies in California have been put on the list of unpaid delinquent sales and use taxes by the California Board of Equalization. The 16 companies combined owe more than 21 million dollars…

In other financial news, a new study by the Commonwealth Fund has proven that the cost of health insurance is rising more rapidly than the incomes of families in California. In recent years, the average amount of healthcare premiums has risen to 52 percent while the incomes of families have only increased by a mere 4 percent…

In the world of art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is planning to add a new wing costing $325 million. That’s about five times the amount it was to build the museum in 1995.